Eugene lemeegiee



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.J

EUGN E LEMEROIER, OF PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO AMASA BEMIS HOWE, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR HOLDING AND SUPPORTING BOOTS AND SHOES FOR USEWITH MACHINES FOR SCREWING 0N SOLES AND HEELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,886, dated March 10,1863.

To .'LZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that LEUGENE LEMERGIER, of Paris, France, have invented anew or improved apparatus for holding and supporting shoes and boots inthe act of having their soles and heels screwed on by screwing-machines5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference bein g had to th e accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to an apparatus for screwing the soles and heelsof boots and shoes by means of screwing-machines, but without the use oflasts and lastholders, which have hitherto been indispensable inconnection with said screwing-machines, and which are a source of greatoutlay and delay in working. The general requirements accomplished bythis apparatus are that the boot or shoe shall easily be passed on it,and the inside of the sole or heel shall rest on small metallicsurfaces, whereon the screw from the machine will rivet the same as onthe iron-shod last now in use. Moreover the apparatus shall be movableand so shaped as to allow the operator to screw all round the sole andheel. For this purpose I divide the apparatus into two distinct butcombined resting-surfaces. One of these is intended for the heel, andtherefore is quite vertical, having the shape ot' a rest or anvil. rIheother part, for screwing the sole, has the shape of a tongue orbeak-iron, and both of these parts carry a steel plate, orare hardenedat their bearing or resting surfaces.

Figure l represents a side elevation of my improved apparatus orboot-rest, mounted on the table of a screwing-machine.

a is a small anvil or rest, having a steelhardened face, b,- c,beak-iron or arm, shown in the lowered position in red lines, Fig. l; d,steel-hardened face of the same. The little rest a is not a fixture, butmerely insertible in the column e, and is prevented from turn- 4by meansof wood screws or bolts.

ing therein by a pin, f. When it is desired to screw the sole, thelittle rest or anvil a is taken out. The beakiron o is then lowered downinto the position shown in red lines, and the vamp passed on the same.The beak-iron is mounted on the general frame g by means of a pivot, p;but this arrangement may be varied. W hen the heel has to be screwed on,the beakliron or tongue 0 is turned up about the pin p until the pointsh andi'- do touch, and the anvil is then put in its place.

In order to apply this apparatus to sole and heel screwing machines, itis necessary that the center of the surfaces b and d, when in place, andhence the axis of the column e, which is the center of motion, asexplained hereinafter, should coincide with the axis of the screwsissuing from the machine under which the apparatus is placed.

In order to allow the apparatus to be turned about as required by thenature of the work, the column eis centered on a pivot,7c, which runs ina central bearing fixed on the table At the outer end of the frame g, Iprovide a roller or caster, n, which rolls on the table, and by means ofthis contrivance the apparatus may be turned round to any extentrequired. q is the spindle or axis of the roller n.

I claiml. The combination of the movable, vertical, and beak-shapedanvils or supports, so that either may be moved into or out of action,as the case may require, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. Arranging the anvil d on a frame or arm, g, that turns around theaxis of the other anvil, a, so that the face of either ofthe anvils thatis for the time being in use shall be in the line of theaxis of thescrew that is being fed in, substantially as described.

EGNE. LEMERGIER.

Witnesses:

F. CoLHAUsEN, AEI MAHIEUX.

